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BELL AUDITS REMAIN INCOMPLETE SINCE RIZZO DEPARTURECritical fiscal data disappeared, went missing, misplaced new audit in Bell concludesBy Brian Hews and Randy Economy

Los Cerritos Community Newspa-per has learned that the city of Bell has remained unaudited for the past

three years, including the critical period in which former indicted City Manager Robert Rizzo and seven other city officials were arrested on criminal charges for loot-ing the city’s treasury for their own per-sonal use.

LCCN has obtained documenta-tion this week in the form of an internal emails authored by Bell City Manager Doug Willmore that confirm that the ac-counting that the audits for 2009-2010 are “expected to be done in the next 30 days” by the accounting firm of Macias Gini & O’Connell.

“The financial and accounting irregu-

Dolphin Fountain Brings Happy Memories Back

Cerritos Council Approves Purchase of New SculptureBy Jerry [email protected]

In a 3-2 vote the Cerritos City Council approved the purchase of a $275,000 lighted sculpture by landscape archi-

tect Cliff Garten that will be placed in the city’s Sculpture Garden at its July 9 meet-ing.

The sculpture consists of three stain-less steel rods that will be illuminated with LEDs and programmed to change color. They will be located on a mound across from the garden’s entrance from the civic center.

City Councilmembers Carol Chen and Joseph Cho voted no with Councilmem-bers Mark Pulido, Mayor Pro Tem Bruce Barrows and Mayor Jim Edwards voting yes.

Chen said she felt very strongly that with the economic downturn, this was not

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Mayor Pro Tem Barrows Battery Hearing Results in Mandate from JudgeBy Brian [email protected]

Cerritos Mayor Pro Tem Bruce Bar-rows appeared before the Los An-geles County District Attorney’s

Office in Bellflower last Friday for an Of-fice Hearing regarding allegations of crimi-nal misconduct of Pe-nal Code 242 Battery against resident Jay Gray, Los Cerritos Community Newspa-per can confirm.

Barrows and Gray both attended, at sep-arate times, the for-mal hearing at 10:30 a.m. before Hearing Officer A. Knight in a 3rd Floor Hearing Room at the Flower Street facility for the District Attorney’s Office.

Gray confirmed that both he and Bar-rows attended the dual sessions, but did

Business License Tax Hike in Artesia Postponed to July 23By Rico Dizon

The expected presentation of docu-ments on a proposed ballot measure to modify and increase the busi-

ness license tax in Artesia during the City Council meeting was adjourned to July 23at 6:00 p.m..

Pending completion of the documents, Mayor Pro Tem Sally Flowers moved that introduction and discussion of the docu-ments be adjourned to July 23. Flowers said adjustment on the business license tax had not been done for 22 years. She urged residents to look at the rates and wordings associated with the proposed measure

come the next meeting. Minutes will be available by July 25 thru the City Clerk

Office.City Attorney Kevin Ennis clarified

that only businesses earning more than

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The Dolphin Fountain at the entrance to the Cerritos City Hall has been a cooling off attraction for youngsters that makes adults pause as they go to the library or climb the city hall stairs to conduct their business. July 4 was no different as

youngsters cooled off in the fountain’s water, bringing back memories when they were younger and did the same. They pause, smile and then continue on their way. The chil-dren oblivious to the adults watching them.

By Randy [email protected]

NBC4 Southern California will be tracking the journey of the Cerritos High School Wind Symphony Or-

chestra on their upcoming trip to perform at the London Olympic Games, thanks to the help of the Los Cerritos Com-munity Newspaper.

Several weeks ago, Brian Hews, LCCN owner/publisher, and Randy Econo-my, reporter with LCCN, reached out to Robert Kovacik, anchor and reporter for NBC4 Southern California, about covering the Cerritos High School Symphony’s “jour-ney of a lifetime” to London during the station’s coverage of the Olympic Games.

“Talk about a great human interest sto-ry. This one is amazing!” said Hews. “We had to get this information in front of our

friend Robert over at NBC4. These kids have worked their hearts out to prepare for this event.”

NBC is the official network for the 2012 Summer Olympics. Kovacik will be representing NBC4 Southern California in London, bringing viewers both local and global Olympic highlights.

Kovacik, who is one of Southern Cali-fornia’s most visible and accom-

plished television news journal-ists, and a multiple Emmy and Golden Mike Award winner, vis-

ited Cerritos High School last week, along with a field

producer, to begin filming interview seg-

ments with some of the orches-tra members and their Director/

Conductor, Tim Trost.“This experience is the thrill of a

lifetime, “said Trost. “Being covered on NBC4 news live during our performance

NBC Anchor Robert Kovacik to follow Cerritos High School Wind Symphony to London Olympics

[See WIND SYMPHONY page 9]

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Vehicle burglaries increased from seven to nine. Six of the crimes last week occurred in high-volume commercial parking lots. Eight were SUVs. Purses, wallets, ID, cell phones, plumbing tools, cash, a garage remote control and a DMV disabled placard were taken. In addition to those items, third-row seats were removed from SUVs. The 2012 weekly average in vehicle burglaries is 7.6.

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LA MIRADAWeekly Crime SummaryJuly 2, 2012 - July 8, 2012

Aggravated Assault: An assault was reported on the 15600 block of Surrey Ln. A suspect was arrested by responding deputies.

Other Structure Burglary: An inci-dent was reported on the 14000 block of Estero Rd. A tool box was stolen after the latch was pried off from a carport storage locker at the location.

Vehicle Burglary: Six vehicle burglar-ies were reported last week.

A vehicle’s door lock was punched in on the 16700 block of Trojan Way. Speaker boxes and an MP3 player were stolen.

A window smash burglary was report-ed on the 12000 block of Santa Gertrudes Ave. A purse was stolen from the vehicle.

A burglary occurred on the 14600 block of Mercado Ave. A car stereo, third row seat, and other items were taken.

A window smash burglary was report-ed on the 13500 block of Dalmatian Ave. A laptop computer was stolen.

Two separate incidents occurred on the 14200 block of Firestone Blvd. and the 14500 block of Artesia Blvd. Car stereos were stolen from both vehicles.

Grand Theft: Two grand thefts were reported last week.

A theft was reported on the 15200 block of Rosecrans Ave. A suspect was ar-rested in connection with the incident.

A theft of air conditioning units was reported on the 13000 block of La Mirada Blvd.

Grand Theft Vehicle: Two stolen ve-hicles were reported last week.

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CITIES MAKE PAYMENTS TO STATEBy Jerry Bernstein

The cities of Cerritos, Artesia and Ha-waiian Gardens were notified by the state they had to make payment on

money it says the cities owe related to the dissolution of their Redevelopment Agen-cies authorized by an act of the state legis-lature signed by the Governor on June 27.

Cerritos City Manager Art Gallucci said the city received an e-mail [demand] on July 9 at 5 p.m. calling for a payment of $6 million by July 12 at 5 p.m. He said e-mail arrived just prior to the city council meeting but would not effect the budget be-cause city had anticipated what the amount might be and was prepared for the hit.

The city of Hawaiian Gardens had to pay $74,207. Artesia officials were in a meeting at press time and could not be reached.

At the July 9 city council meeting, Cerritos Assistant City Manager Kathy Matsumoto gave a brief report on AB1484, the Redevelopment Budget Trailer Bill that was signed by the Governor on June 27. The 73 page document expanded the pow-ers of the Department of Finance, empow-ering them to suspend the payment of sales taxes and property taxes to successor agen-cies if they do not make a payment of prop-erty taxes to other local taxing agencies by July 12. The $6 million allegedly will be paid to the local taxing agencies.

Matsumoto said the bill also allows the Department to impose $10,000 a day in fines to the successor agencies. She said the League of California Cities has called the bill unconstitutional as sales taxes that are used at the local level and the reallocation of property taxes requires a 2/3 vote of the legislature which AB1484 did not receive.

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My Friend from Fruit-cake, Flor-

ida looked sad as he walked into the of-fice. “Is something wrong?” I asked. “You look like you lost your best friend.”

“I was going over some of my files when I was recently in Fruitcake and found this poem written by one Brian Watkins, a

member of the Montgomery, Alabama Fire Department. It was written in memory of the firefighters who gave up their lives on the 9-11 attack on the twin towers in their attempt to get people out of the towers.

“I think the entire country not only felt their loss but also for the people who were trapped in the towers as well as the victims in the airplanes that crashed into them. “I said.

You know,” he said, “I sometimes won-der if we Americans take too many things for granted.”

“Like what?” I asked.“Well for one thing, here in California

we expect our leaders in Sacramento to do what is right. For instance, our schools have been downgraded into the bottom third in the country. Most Districts have cut back because the state legislature and the gover-nor refuse to tackle the economic problems facing the state.”

“Wait a minute,” I said, “The governor has a tax increase on the November ballot that will reduce the budget deficit by ap-proximately $9 billion.”

“I know,” my Friend from Fruitcake, said. That leaves a deficit balance of ap-proximately $7 billion. How is that going to be covered? he asked.

I looked at my friend and replied, “I don’t really know.”

“What gives me hope,” he said, “is a lit-tle city like Hawaiian Gardens that is giving your local school district $88,500 thousand so their kids can go to summer school. They didn’t have to do that, but the city council takes seriously the city’s motto “Our Youth is our Future.”

“Hawaiian Gardens is a small city, nine-tenth of a square mile, and it has a casino that provides revenue and keeps the city’s budget balanced and puts money into the city reserve.” I said. “Most important the city council believes it’s important that their children attend summer school.”

“That leads me to another subject.” my Friend from Fruitcake said. “What’s go-ing to happen at ABC, now that the court has ruled the “evidence” used against the former Stower’s principal Eileen Blagden, to remove her from her job as principal at Stower’s Elementary School was ruled as being fabricated by the Superior Court?

“I don’t know,” I replied, The District and Mrs. Blageden are meeting July 17 at Mandatory Settlement Conference. Hope-fully they’ll reach agreement on a settle-ment. If not the case will go to trial.”

“My Friend from Fruitcake, Florida asked what happened to the teacher.”

“I understand he had moved to northern California.”

“That’s what we were told,” I replied,

“but when we last checked, he was still re-siding in Long Beach.”

My Friend from Fruitcake, Florida looked at me. This brings me back to the poem I found in my files,” he said.

How’s that? I asked.The poem is entitled “Giving a Life.” It

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tect.Sometimes they just can’t wait.But none of them knew what was nearOn that September date.”He paused and said. Shouldn’t the Dis-

trict staff and superintendent worked with the principal instead of sweeping it under the rug. Where were the firemen to protect the principal, school staff and most of all the school children?

“I don’t know,” I replied.“I’ll tell you where they were,” he said.

They were too busy protecting themselves, lifting the rug so they could swept the prob-lem under the rug.”

The allegory was correct, but I decided not to say anything. After a few minutes, my Friend from Fruitcake, Florida got up from his chair and left.

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Progress Reveals Herself on Artesia’s Thoroughfares

Forty-five years ago, a man named Richard

Salisbury won a con-test put on by the City of Artesia, which at the time had ten years of incorporation under its belt. The contest was to give the city a motto, and the words that Mr. Salisbury had chosen were, “Ser-vice builds tomorrow’s progress.”

Since then, progress has been building and this year is no exception. Even despite economic hardships, we as a City are pull-ing out all the stops this year.

For example, we recently were recog-nized for our efforts on Artesia Blvd. with the 2012 Compass Blueprint Award for Achievement in Livability by the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG). This is impressive because SCAG represents plenty of cities, and to be rec-ognized among so many cities means that

what we’ve done is truly remarkable.

On Pioneer Blvd. today, we can witness some of the spirit that Mr. Salisbury must have envisioned for the new city. We can also see the obstacles that such spirits of-ten must overcome. Wh ile the final piece of downtown Pioneer’s renewal was under way, the State’s Department of Finance decided on a technicality that it won’t let the City use the redevelopment money that was already set aside for the project. The DOF informed the Successor Agency to the Artesia Redevelopment Agency (or just “Successor Agency) that it rejected the three contracts which were involved with the project.

The Successor Agency will be amend-ing the documentation that governs these contracts on June 27, and will resubmit these documents tothe DOF for approval.

40 years ago Pioneer Blvd. was still the place to be in the region. Later, when the malls started popping up, the public’s in-terest became dispersed. But still, the cul-tural delights that we find downtown have created such a niche that it can and does compete well with surrounding markets. Being that downtown Artesia is probably the biggest financial engine for our City, it makes sense to invest in it. I truly believe

that almost all of us (there will always be exceptions) will love what we have in store for downtown.

Just to give you the reader a hint about what’s coming, the project boundaries for Pioneer Blvd. are between 183rd and Pio-neer, and 188th and Pioneer . The plan is to build a narrow median of various widths which will feature palms, climbing roses, lantana, Australian poppies, and ground cover. These plants will be drought re-sistant and help conserve water while also creating beautiful scenery. The plants will be watered through a drip and bubble ir-rigation system which will be operated by solar timers.

Along the sides of the street will be ‘bulb planters for various trees. Also along the street will be different types of ‘street furniture’, like benches for example.

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Barrowsgate: Crime, Cover-up and Conspiracy at Cerritos City Hall

“I don’t give a sh** what happens. I want you all to stonewall it, let them plead the Fifth Amendment, cover up or anything else, if it’ll save it—save this plan. That’s the whole point. We’re going to protect our people if we can.”

The previous quote is the words of Richard Nixon back in the days of the infa-mous Watergate crimes and cover-up that eventually forced Nixon from the White House. They were probably the words of Acting Mayor Bruce Barrows with regard to Barrows’ admitted battery of Cerritos resident Jay Gray.

What did he do and when did he do it? The facts are plain; Bruce Barrows ad-mits to committing battery upon Cerritos resident Jay Gray. Barrows’ own account of the incident to the Cerritos Sherriff’s Of-fice states that Barrows initially profaned Gray, calling him an a**hole BEFORE Barrows says Gray responded “Your wife doesn’t think so” which then resulted in Barrows’ actions, in Barrows own words “I LOST CONTROL” resulting in a clear case of BATTERY; grabbing and pushing Gray in a threatening manner, indicating a threat of bodily harm.

Gray withdrew pressing legal charges against Barrows in order to give Barrows the opportunity to do the right thing; apol-ogize publicly, tell the truth and own up for his actions, instead Barrows has en-gaged himself and the City of Cerritos in a shameless cover-up. At a recent city coun-cil meeting from up on the dais, Barrows contradicted his own account by claiming that he was “Defending the honor of my wife” A cowardly and patently false obfus-cation of what really happened.

The District Attorney brought Barrows in to the Los Cerritos Municipal Court-house DA’s Office and reportedly asked Barrows to take Anger Management and/or Psychological Therapy to deal with his erratic behavior. Barrows counter claims against Gray (Barrows claimed Gray “Dis-turbed my peace”) were dismissed by the DA’s representative out of hand.

Council Cover-up and conspiracy? The entire city council was silent on the issue of Barrow’s altercation and assault upon Gray, they neither commented on this nor responded to community mem-bers asking that they condemn this behav-ior in the strongest terms. Barrows should be censured and/or removed from office. Barrows himself along with Mayor Jim Edwards and the full city council voted to Censure former City Councilmember John Crawley for sending an email under Ed-wards name, Crawley eventually resigned from office. How long will it take Barrows

to own up to his actions?Curiously, the Cerritos City Council

went on the attack, cutting their print ad-vertising from the Los Cerritos Communi-ty News after LCCN printed the Barrows story and demanded answers from the si-lent city council and city management.

Why all of a sudden, after MILLIONS of lost revenue on the Performing Arts Center, is it necessary to cut PRINT ad-vertising in LCCN? This is an obvious at-tempt at taking punitive measures against Publisher Brian Hews to silence the paper that exposed ousted L.A. County Tax As-sessor Noguez under a corruption scandal. Will ‘Barrowsgate’ be the downfall of a Cerritos City Council that appears to be in collusion with Barrows to lie, deny and get by’?

Losing Control in Public Office: Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. is report-edly undergoing treatment for a “Mood Disorder” but his office only came forward with this revelation, months after he took a leave from his elected duties and under pressure from congressional colleagues. Unlike Barrows, Congressman Jackson, never assaulted a constituent but the stig-ma of mental illness was apparently too great to come forward in a forthright man-ner and admit his problem. Barrows has not only not been forthright he has devised a delusional version that contradicts his own testimony and that of eye witnesses. Barrows may in fact have a psychologi-cal problem and definitely has displayed out-of-control anger issues but his latent maniacal tendencies go unattended while Barrows drags the city of Cerritos deeper into his cover-up.

Chris Fuentes 42 year Cerritos Resident

Dear Editor,Congratulations to Artesia on your sec-

ond year of participation in the America in Bloom (AIB) national awards program! Two AIB judges peered through your parks, neighborhoods and business districts on July 6 and 7. All this probing was to deter-mine and praise your community’s progress in discovering and touting its amenities and attributes; and improving the environment and the quality of life of its citizens. Amer-ica in Bloom’s goal is to assist communities in becoming a destination to live, work and recreate.

America in Bloom is a community building endeavor. The six criteria judged – Overall Impression, Environmental Ef-fort, Heritage Conservation, Urban Forest-ry, Landscaped Areas, and Floral Displays – are designed to bring communities and people together to achieve improvements to their quality of life. The judges provide in-sight and consultation toward improvement and their recommendations will be avail-able to you in September.

AIB has involved nearly 200 towns across America. AIB offers communities sustainable solutions in view of budget

busting economies, out-sourcing, mobile lifestyles and environmental trends.

The culmination of this awards program is detailed in a scoring and evaluation docu-ment presented after the Awards Ceremony and Educational Symposium, held this year in Fayetteville, AR from September 20-22.

While top honors are awarded to those who garner the most points among the cri-teria, all participants are truly winners by virtue of their participation.

A healthy, functional community is like a loving extended family where each indi-vidual is valued for their intrinsic worth and contribution. A true sense of community is a thing of great beauty. For more informa-tion, check out the AIB website at www.americainbloom.org

Our sincere thanks to Mayor John Ly-ons, Melissa Gobas, and the many others who made our visit so memorable.

Evelyn Alemanni and Jack Clasen2011 America in Bloom Judges, Escondido, CA

Dear Editor:Thank you for your coverage of Whit-

ney High School's tennis team as they com-peted in the CIF Div. III championship fi-nals. Your sports department actually wrote a full article mentioning players and quotes from the Whitney tennis coach. Hopefully your sports department will continue to recognize that there is a fourth high school, Whitney High, in our local ABC School District that participates in all CIF sports with the exception of football.

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Sandi Gibbons, spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office confirmed to LCCN on Wednes-day that their office “was aware of it” but stressed that the DA has not received any-thing officials from city officials in Bell about the new found possible impropri-ates.

“Some of the items (in the audit) were presented to the County Grand Jury in the

past,” Gibbons said. She also pointed out that a new Grand Jury is impaneled every six weeks and that if there is new evidence of a crime that comes from the audit that a new case could be prepared and present-ed.

Cities, like counties and other local government agencies must produce annual financial statements and use outside audi-tors to review those statements.

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yanked at my jacket and neck tie,” Gray told LCCN after the incident took place. Gray caught Barrow’s ire after he made public comments about various city prior-ities for the upcoming fiscal year. Gray in turn was accused of Disturbing the Peace by Barrows.

Barrows attended the meeting with an attorney, LCCN was told, and Gray attended the meeting without legal repre-sentation.

Both were mandated to bring a copy of the formal complaint notice, and any doc-uments, pictures or witnesses that were “deemed” necessary to assist the District Attorney in reaching a determination on the case that was filed by members of the Cerritos Sheriff’s Department. Barrows’

auditors followed generally accepted gov-ernment audit standards, performed ade-quate testing and fieldwork, and were able to support their conclusions,” Jordon said.

not elaborate on specific details. Both Barrows and Gray were directed

to appear at the hearing to determine if a formal criminal complaint and charges are to be filed against suspect Barrows.

Barrows was accused of grabbing Gray after a city council budget session back on June 5 outside the city council chambers. “Barrows grabbed me, and threw me, and


complaint against Gray was dismissed.Sandi Gibbons, spokesperson for the

Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office would not comment on the specif-ics of the Barrows hearing on Monday af-ternoon. “We don’t comment about what takes place in Office Hearings,” Gibbons said. “We can say that normally in cases such as this, the suspect involved is usu-ally mandated to a program such as com-munity service work, or other programs such as anger management,” she said.

“Hearings like this are to resolve dis-putes,” Gibbons said. She also confirmed that in Office Hearing matters, the suspect “must do what is required by the hearing officer in an allotted amount of time, or if they fail to do so, the criminal case will continue through the legal system.”

According to the police report, ob-tained and published by Los Cerritos Community Newspaper, Barrows said that during an argument with Gray out-side Chambers, he got angry and called Gray an a**hole and after that Gray said, “you may think that, but your wife sup-ports me”.

At the June 11, 2012 Council meeting Barrows contradicted his statement in the police report and said “Gray made some extremely offensive comments about my wife and that is when I called him a**hole.”

Greg Berg, Director of Community Services for the City of Cerritos had spo-ken at the Council meeting in public on the incident (at the insistence of Barrows), but attempted to distance himself from the matter on Monday afternoon in an inter-view with LCCN.

“I am not going to comment about the matter any further, this does not involve the city of Cerritos,” he said.

Cerritos Councilwoman Carol Chen, an ardent support of Barrows said the inci-dent was “not her concern, and it shouldn’t be the concern of Los Cerritos Commu-

nity Newspaper.”City spokeswoman Annie Hylton said

“the city has no official comment on the matter at this time.” Barrows has not re-turned repeated calls to Los Cerritos Community Newspaper regarding the in-cident.

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“Wow! We are going to be on NBC4 during the Olympics! This is totally amaz-ing,” said Cerritos High School Principal, Janet Peterson.

Kovacik was greeted at Cerritos High School by Olympia Chen, ABC School Board President; Celia Spitzer, School Board Member; Mary Sieu, Superinten-dent, along with several parents. Spitzer presented Kovacik with a special com-memorative lapel pin of the ABCUSD logo for him to wear in London.

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the time to be spending that kind of money “The timing is wrong. I don’t think this is the time to be spending $275,000 for an art piece, even though the money is in a spe-cial trust fund that was established for that specific purpose,” she said.

Assistant City Manager Kathleen Jung Matsumoto explained the trust fund re-ceives its funding from one percent of building permits valuation on new projects and major renovation valued at $250,000 or more. The money can only be used to pur-chase permanent or lease temporary sculp-

tures. She said in this year’s budget the city carried over $50,000 from the previous budget for maintenance and cleaning of the existing sculptures. In addition the council stipulated that 10 percent of new contribu-tions to the Trust Fund would be set aside for maintenance of the sculptures.

Councilman Joseph Cho voted against the expenditure because he felt this partic-ular art piece should be located outside the garden where it would act like a beacon for residents to the sculpture garden.

In other business the council awarded a bid in the amount of $29,693.70 for the printing of programs for the Cerritos Cen-ter for the Performing Arts to Diversified Printers in La Mirada.

The council also approved an increase of $1 across the board in fees for the Iron-wood Nine Golf Course. Recreation Ser-vices Superintendent Sherre Titus said a survey of area golf courses showed that Ironwood Nine fees were lower than other golf courses in the area. She said eight golf courses were used in comparison surveys.

The Council approved a contract with Waukesha Pearce Industries for repairs, replacement and rehabilitation of the natu-ral gas engines at four city water facilities. Vince Brar, Senior Assistant City Manager said the four existing engines were initially installed by Waukesha in 1970. Brar said the company warrants all parts and servic-es and performs the service work. He said Valley Power System, Inc. had been the licensed Waukesha representative for Cali-fornia. The work to be provided includes repair, replacement and rehabilitation of the Waukesha engines. He said Waukesha is the only service provider in California authorized to do such work.

$150,000 a year will be covered by the pro-posed license rate increase. Ennis said that Resolution 12-2349 ordering a proposed ballot measure to this effect shall be sub-mitted to the voters of the city for consoli-dation in the statewide general elections on Nov. 6. The city attorney is also directed to prepare an impartial analysis regarding the former measure that will be presented to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervi-sors no later than Aug. 10, 2012 explained Deputy City Manager Justine Menzel, during a telephone interview.

When asked how much the proposed rate hike was, she said, “that remains to be seen in next meeting.” In addition, the city of Artesia is supposed to make a request to the County Registrar of Voters to per-form related services in connection with the consolidated election.

On June 11, the council directed staff to commence the process of preparing adjustments to the City’s business license ordinance and to prepare to have those adjustments submitted to the voters at the Nov. 6 election. On July 2, an Ad Hoc Committee comprised of Council Mem-ber Miguel Canales and Mayor Pro Tem Sally Flowers met with City Manager Ma-ria Dadian, Deputy City Manager Menzel, Administrative Services Manager Pradeep Elayath, and City Attorney Ennis to review a draft of the proposed ordinance which according to reports had undergone nu-merous changes.

Bryce Harkey: La Mirada Youth Becomes Rising Star in MotocrossBy Chente D. RamirezStaff Reporter

Bryce Harkey (pictured at right), age 17, from La Mirada is on the rise and on is well on his way to becoming

an amateur professional Motocross biker.Harkey held his very first media inter-

view with Los Cerritos Community News-paper and La Mirada’s Lamplighter last week.

Bryce said his dedication and passion for amateur motocross biking began at age 12 with just “riding around on bikes” as a

child. Over the past years he has developed

a strong passion for the sport and has now fully dedicated himself to amateur moto-cross, now on his way to becoming profes-sional.

Bryce has just graduated high school from Capistrano Connections Academy, a free virtual online school in Southern Cal-ifornia. Capistrano Connections Academy has extremely helped Bryce by providing flexibility with time in order for him to pursue motocross biking and to obtain an education.

The dedication that Bryce has had for motocross biking has left him extremely injured with broken bones, broken legs, and emergency lift helicopter rides from motocross championship events but that does not seem to stop him from continuing his passion.

His mind, his heart, and his desire have left him thriving for the success during re-cuperation from a broken leg injury. Bryce has decided to fully dedicate himself with all that he has got and with his life in the sport.

PHOTO COURTESY OF MUSCLE MILK TRANSWORLD MOTOCROSSBryce Harkey competing at the Muscle Milk Transworld Motocross at the Cahuilla Creek MX Track in Anza, California, Sunday 25, March 2012.


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When junior year ended on that Thursday, when the school bells rang, and when mobs of us ran

out the gates, I was overwhelmed with happiness. The huge blocks of stress that hung over my shoulders, were finally lifted. However, despite the pool parties and late night movies, my happiness didn’t linger as long as I hoped. After about a few days into summer, I was faced with the inevitable fact that in just a couple of months, I would have to start college applications. So, the most academically challenging school year was ultimately over, but I was engulfed in even more stress, pressure, and confusion. I had no idea what major I wanted to do, which school I wanted to apply to, and I was just lost. How do I even start deciding my major? How do I even know where I want to go? I began to believe that I was going crazy from all the endless, unanswered questions.

Soon enough though, I decided I didn’t have the time to sit around all summer sulk-ing in my state of despair and uncertainty. And so, I gathered up all the college letters and pamphlets I’ve received throughout the year and sorted them out into piles: ones that I definitely was going to apply to, ones that I had no interest at all, and ones that I deemed worthwhile to look into. I spent my afternoons looking up the different uni-versities I categorized in my research pile and their schools and majors they offered, the campus environment, the ranking, the costs, admissions rates, and even took a look at the virtual tours. Sure, it gave me a sense of the different types of universities, but the real question was what I wanted to do. I mean, each school has their own range of opportunities for certain majors, like, the University of Pennsylvania, which has the

Wharton School, one of the most prestige business programs in the nation, or even Williams College, the top ranked liberal arts school in America.

Now the question was what I wanted to spend my time in college majoring in. This was the most challenging part for me. I un-derstood that the average college student changes their major at least twice, but I still wanted a sense of direction. Then I thought about a special guest speaker I got to lis-ten to during school. Lt. Haney D. Hong, a Stanford graduate, who spent only a mere 40 minutes talking to us, truly inspired me and got all 30 of us in that room really thinking. “What are you passionate about?... What’s important to you?” He told us about his own college experiences and pinpointed those two questions as basically the high-light to college life and the road ahead.

And so this whole new journey begins with our own choices for once. A frighten-ing, yet exciting experience. An experience that I wasn’t alone in. I realized that there were thousands, even millions, of future seniors that were just in the same panic as I was. Valerie Chan, a future senior at Cer-ritos High School, admits. “I’m honestly so scared out of my mind, but I did take a look at the official UC website to check out the online applications and everything.” Whether you’re enjoying summer or fret-ting over applying to college, there’s hon-estly nothing to get head over heels stressed with. Cerritos High graduate, Jesse Lin, advises, “The most important thing is to find out which college suits you. Then just research colleges and get a head start on the essay topics.” He couldn’t have said it any better. Take the time to research the differ-ent universities. Spend some time figuring out what the majors cover. And remember: What are you passionate about? What’s im-portant to you?

End of Junior Year Brings New Stress

A check for $89,000 was presented to ABC Director of Special Programs. Mike McCoy by members of the

Hawaiian Gardens City Council at its meet-ing July 10. With him were Mayra Lozano, Principal of Furgeson Elementary School, Laurie Cordova, Principal of Hawaiian Ele-mentary School, and Robert Castillo, Prin-cipal of Melbourne Elementary School.

Furgeson and Melbourne classes are currently in session, having begun on June 20 and will end July 30. Hawaiian Elemen-tary School classes started June 26 and will run into July 30 Approximately 120 stu-dents are attending classes in each school.

Artesia High is holding their program co-currently with their regular program

running from June 26-July 30. Approxi-mately 750 students are enrolled with 50 from Hawaiian Gardens. Hawaiian. Feede Middle school is holding its summer school program through the month of August un-der a Federal School Improvement Grant.

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The up and coming Norwalk Girls Softball Association just added another historic-making event to

its small list of success. In its first year of existence, the Norwalk 18-Under All-Star team captured the Amateur Softball Association 18-U ‘B’ State Tournament last weekend in Palmdale.

This is the third straight summer that a NGSA all-star team has advanced to the ASA ‘B’ Western Nationals. Last summer, the 16-U All-Stars won the state tournament and finished in second place in the Western Nationals in Prescott, AZ. This year’s ASA 18 ‘B’ Western Nation-als will be held in Turlock Aug. 1-5.

This season’s squad is young with the majority of the girls being 15 and 16-years old with two 17-year old play-ers, one 18 and another 19. Manager Jesse Hernandez added that he lost about five girls from last year’s team and this year’s team is basically rebuilding from a 14-U team.

“A lot of our girls who have played don’t have to plan multiple sports, so they’re not into travel ball,” Hernandez said. “We kept these girls from 8-Under and they stayed together and this is their last year. We wanted to go out one more year as an 18-Under team.

The team got off to a fast start last Friday morning with a 14-0 win over Santa Monica. About 19 hours later, Nor-walk edged Rialto 5-3 with the winning

runs coming in the seventh inning. Later in the day, Norwalk slammed the Vista Thrillseekers 11-2, a team that has had vast experience in the state tournament.

Norwalk resumed action this past Sunday morning with a 4-3 victory over the San Fernando Valley Xplosion in a game that went into the international tiebreaker. The loss sent the Xplosion to the losers bracket where later in the day, the two teams hooked up again with Norwalk winning in convincing fashion, 13-1. The game was put away in the first inning as Norwalk scored five runs, then added four more runs in the second in-ning before the game was called in the fourth inning due to the mercy rule.

For the past several months, the first-year team has had to deal with a lot of adversity, beginning with starting two weeks later than the other all-star teams. But once the team got under way, it was looking as if it had been around for years. Norwalk advanced to the championship game of the North Torrance Tournament June 24 before falling to Paramount 9-4.

“Last year, I felt confident because it was our second-year 16s and we already had that one year of experience,” Her-nandez said. “We had a great pitching staff last year. This year, just knowing we were going to the state tournament with basically two pitchers-the [Madri-gal] sisters, we were really nervous.”

Hernandez added that lot of people were not too supportive of the NGSA adding an 18-U All-Star team. Hernan-

dez said his team had to practice at oth-er sites while the other NGSA All-Star teams practiced at its home base at Los Alisos Middle School.

“We weren’t really welcomed at first,” he stated. “I guess that was the thing that got us going. We wanted to show every-body that we’re here and we have quality players.”

The members of the Norwalk 18-U All-Stars are: Elizabeth Gutierrez, Briana Liera, Natalie Madrigal, Rene Madrigal, Melissa Martinez, Adriana Medrano, Denise Miranda, Brianna Ruiz, Daisy Sandoval, Marissa Taylor and Jessica Wallace. The coaches are Raul Banuelos, Rudy Madrigal and Derek Wallace and the team mom is Laura Taylor.

Also last weekend, the Norwalk 8-U All-Star team won three of its four pool play games. After falling to Charter Oak 2-1 last Friday, the team rebounded for a 7-1 win against Corona last Saturday. This past Sunday, Norwalk edged Te-mecula 5-4 and knocked off Peninsula 9-1. The Norwalk 8-U All-Stars are: Ashley Benavides, Jolie Cabrera, Ce-rise Cervantes, Dalilah Garcia, Haylene Gonzalez, Alyvia Hernandez, Leilani Juan, Clarissa Marrujo, Layla Martinez, Gabriela Ortega, Estefania Perez and Malea Ritcharoen. The manager is Mike Ritcharoen and is coaches are Armando Benavides and Ralph Ortega. The team mom is Carol Hernandez.

NORWALK 18-U ALL-STARS MAKE HISTORY WITH CHAMPIONSHIP OF STATE TOURNAMENT

The members of the Norwalk 18-U All-Stars are: Elizabeth Gutierrez, Briana Liera, Natalie Madrigal, Rene Madrigal, Melissa Martinez, Adriana Medrano, Denise Miranda, Brianna Ruiz, Daisy Sandoval, Marissa Taylor and Jessica Wallace. The coaches are Raul Banuelos, Rudy Madrigal and Derek Wallace and the team mom is Laura Taylor.


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Asti, Ryan Cooper and Dakota Sun (Skill-sUSA California State Officer) competed at the SkillsUSA 48th Annual National Leadership and Skills Conference in Kan-sas City, Missouri during the Week of Champions, June 20-27, 2012.

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Competitors Jordan, Ryan and Dakota participated in the orientation and passed the written exams for their specific com-petition.

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Artesia Survey Shows Residents Value City Services, Want More Local Control Over Funds

According to a recent community survey, residents of Artesia want to protect and maintain their local

community services, placing a high degree of importance on protecting public safety services and street maintenance. Residents also indicated support for local revenue generation that would serve as a protected, reliable source of revenue for local needs that cannot be taken by the State.

The survey was conducted March 14 through March 26 by opinion research firm Godbe Research with 183 residents across the community. The City commis-sioned the survey to evaluate the Artesia community’s views related to the City’s fiscal challenges, general City services, and attitudes toward potential local fund-ing measures.

Maintaining crime, drugs and gang prevention programs was the top priority at 73 percent, as was maintaining 9-1-1 po-lice response times (72 percent) and main-taining neighborhood police patrols (69 percent). Fixing potholes and maintaining and repairing neighborhood streets and roads both scored 70 percent. 69 percent of Artesia residents also valued and want-

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“With Artesia facing so many difficult budget decisions due to State takeaways and declined revenue, it was important to have community feedback on what our service priorities must be,” stated City Manager Maria Dadian. “It is clear from the survey that we must find ways to en-hance local control over revenue sources in order to maintain current levels of pub-lic safety and police services, including neighborhood patrols, and crime and gang prevention programs.”

The City Council received the results of the community survey at the City Coun-cil meeting on Monday, May 14.

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The judges were here on the weekend of July 5th. Evelyn Alemanni, one of the America in Bloom judges, said she was amazed by the amount of work Artesia has done toward greening its community, and found especially moving the partnerships between the City, local volunteer organi-zations like Artesia in Action, and with the school district. The judges were also very impressed by the nature gardens at Niemes Elementary.

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“We’re a built up urban community,” said Mayor John P. Lyon, “but we’ve done a lot that we can be proud of and showcase. I think we’re ready for this program.”

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www.LosCerritosNews.net14 HEWS MEDIA GROUP • JULY 13, 2012 TO ADVERTISE CALL 800-901-7211NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE TS No. 12-0023956 Doc ID #0001065773312005N Title Order No. 12-0040489 Investor/Insurer No. 1700327282 APN No. 7151-002-011 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 11/15/2005. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROP-ERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. Notice is hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust ex-ecuted by DANIEL VITELLI, A SINGLE MAN AND SRISURANG KRATOCHVIL, A SINGLE WOMAN AS JOINT TENANTS, dated 11/15/2005 and recorded 11/23/2005, as Instrument No. 05-2860568, in Book , Page , of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, State of California, will sell on 07/26/2012 at 9:00AM, Doubletree Hotel Los Angeles-Norwalk, 13111 Sycamore Drive, Nor-walk, CA 90650, Vineyard Ballroom at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as described be-low, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above refer-enced Deed of Trust. The street address and other com-mon designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 4233 DEEBOYAR AVENUE, LAKEWOOD, CA, 90712. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The total amount of the unpaid balance with in-terest thereon of the obligation secured by the property to be sold plus reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $363,810.83. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept cashier's checks drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Said sale will be made, in an ''AS IS'' condition, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with inter-est as provided, and the unpaid principal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. If required by the provisions of section 2923.5 of the California Civil Code, the declaration from the mortgagee, beneficiary or authorized agent is attached to the duly recorded with the appropriate County Re-corder's Office. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on a property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of out-standing liens that may exist on this property by con-tacting the county recorder's office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postpone-ments be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 1-800-281-8219 or visit this Internet Web site www.recontrustco.com, us-ing the file number assigned to this case NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE TS No. 12-0023956. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify post-ponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281 8219, Sale Information (626) 927-4399 By: -- Trustee's Sale Officer RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. A-FN4248865 06/29/2012, 07/06/2012, 07/13/2012

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE TS No. 11-0020004 Doc ID #0001891795632005N Title Order No. 11-0015711 Investor/Insurer No. 1706270483 APN No. 7065-019-042 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 02/20/2008. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROP-ERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. Notice is hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust ex-ecuted by LILIAN C SALMORIN, AN UNMARRIED WOMAN, dated 02/20/2008 and recorded 2/26/2008, as Instrument No. 20080327600, in Book , Page , of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, State of California, will sell on 07/26/2012 at 9:00AM, Doubletree Hotel Los Angeles-Norwalk, 13111 Sycamore Drive, Norwalk, CA 90650, Vineyard Ballroom at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as described below, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 21315 ROSSFORD AVENUE, LAKEWOOD, CA, 907152131. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The total amount of the unpaid balance with inter-est thereon of the obligation secured by the property to be sold plus reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $349,040.76. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept cashier's checks drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Said sale will be made, in an ''AS IS'' condition, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with inter-est as provided, and the unpaid principal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. If required by the provisions of section 2923.5 of the California Civil Code, the declaration from the mortgagee, beneficiary or authorized agent is attached to the duly recorded with the appropriate County Re-corder's Office. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on a property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of out-standing liens that may exist on this property by con-tacting the county recorder's office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postpone-ments be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 1-800-281-8219 or visit this Internet Web site www.recontrustco.com, us-ing the file number assigned to this case NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE TS No. 11-0020004. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone informa-tion or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281 8219, Sale Information (626) 927-4399 By: -- Trustee's Sale Officer RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector attempting to col-lect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose.A-FN4254479 06/29/2012, 07/06/2012, 07/13/2012

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE APN: 7012-006-032 TS No: CA09004132-11-1 TO No: 5901557 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED October 18, 2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANA-TION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAW-YER. On July 26, 2012 at 11:00 AM, by the fountain located at 400 Civic Center Plaza, in the city of Pomo-na, County of Los Angeles, MTC FINANCIAL INC. dba TRUSTEE CORPS, as the duly Appointed Trustee, under and pursuant to the power of sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust Recorded on October 23, 2006 as Instrument No. 06 2342322 of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, executed by KEVIN W. LEE AND JANET DE LA CRUZ FRANCISCO LEE, HUSBAND AND WIFE AS COMMUNITY PROPERTY, as Trustor(s), in favor of LOAN LINK FINANCIAL SERVICES as Lender and MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGIS-TRATION SYSTEMS, INC. as nominee for Lender, its successors and/or assigns, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER, in lawful money of the United States, all payable at the time of sale, that certain property situated in said County, California describing the land therein as: AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN SAID DEED OF TRUST The property heretofore described is being sold "as is". The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 16631 SHENANDOAH AVENUE, CERRITOS, CA 90703 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any li-ability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, or en-cumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the Note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said Note(s), advances if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligations secured by the prop-erty to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of this Notice of Trustee`s Sale is estimated to be $275,118.53 (Estimated), provided, however, prepayment premi-ums, accrued interest and advances will increase this figure prior to sale. Beneficiary`s bid at said sale may include all or part of said amount. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept a cashier`s check drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or fed-eral credit union or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the California Financial Code and authorized to do business in Cali-fornia, or other such funds as may be acceptable to the trustee. In the event tender other than cash is accepted, the Trustee may withhold the issuance of the Trustee`s Deed Upon Sale until funds become available to the payee or endorsee as a matter of right. The property of-fered for sale excludes all funds held on account by the property receiver, if applicable. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder`s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. DATE: June 16, 2012 TRUSTEE CORPS TS No. CA09004132-11-1 17100 Gillette Ave, Irvine, CA 92614 949-252-8300 Rowena Paz, Authorized Signatory SALE INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED ON LINE AT www.lpsasap.com AU-TOMATED SALES INFORMATION PLEASE CALL 714-730-2727 TRUSTEE CORPS MAY BE ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COL-LECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Notice to Potential Bidders If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a Trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a Trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, be-fore you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this prop-erty by contacting the county recorder's office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same Lender may hold more than one mortgage or Deed of Trust on the property. Notice to Property Owner The sale date shown on this Notice of Sale may be postponed one or more times by the Mortgagee, Beneficiary, Trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about Trustee Sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call telephone number for information regarding the Trust-ee's Sale or visit the Internet Web site address on the previous page for information regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case, CA09004132-11-1. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. A-4260518 06/29/2012, 07/06/2012, 07/13/2012

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE TS No. 12-0023021 Doc ID #0001239385892005N Title Order No. 12-0038181 Investor/Insurer No. 123938589 APN No. 7008-007-012 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 12/21/2005. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROP-ERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NA-TURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. Notice is hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by KENNETH K TANAKA, AND PATRICIA K TANAKA, HUSBAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENTANTS, dated 12/21/2005 and re-corded 12/30/2005, as Instrument No. 05 3227154, in Book , Page , of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, State of California, will sell on 07/30/2012 at 11:00AM, By the fountain located at 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona, CA 91766 at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as described below, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest con-veyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street address and other common desig-nation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 13127 PALM PLACE, CERRITOS, CA, 907031344. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The total amount of the unpaid balance with inter-est thereon of the obligation secured by the property to be sold plus reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $664,242.97. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept cashier's checks drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Finan-cial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Said sale will be made, in an ''AS IS'' condition, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, re-garding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, ad-vances thereunder, with interest as provided, and the unpaid principal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. If required by the provisions of section 2923.5 of the California Civil Code, the declaration from the mortgagee, ben-eficiary or authorized agent is attached to the Notice of Trustee's Sale duly recorded with the appropriate County Recorder's Office. NOTICE TO POTEN-TIAL BIDDERS If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on a property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder's office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the lender may hold more than one mort-gage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pur-suant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 1-800-281-8219 or visit this Internet Web site www.recontrustco.com, using the file number assigned to this case TS No. 12-0023021. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not im-mediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the sched-uled sale. RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281 8219, Sale Information (626) 927-4399 By: - Trustee's Sale Officer RECON-TRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector attempt-ing to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. A-4256083 07/06/2012, 07/13/2012, 07/20/2012

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE TS No. 12-0027109 Doc ID #0008711289452005N Title Order No. 12-0045965 Investor/Insurer No. 1706819076 APN No. 7054-014-070 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 04/02/2008. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROP-ERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NA-TURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. Notice is hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by NATHAN PARAMESWARAN, A MARRIED MAN AS HIS SOLE AND SEPA-RATE PROPERTY, dated 04/02/2008 and recorded 4/10/2008, as Instrument No. 20080618505, in Book , Page , of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, State of Califor-nia, will sell on 08/02/2012 at 9:00AM, Doubletree Hotel Los Angeles-Norwalk, 13111 Sycamore Drive, Norwalk, CA 90650, Vineyard Ballroom at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as described below, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street ad-dress and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 12547 BRANDO STREET, CERRITOS, CA, 90703. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The total amount of the unpaid balance with interest thereon of the obligation secured by the property to be sold plus reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $425,028.29. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebted-ness due. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept cashier's checks drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan as-sociation, savings association, or savings bank speci-fied in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and autho-rized to do business in this state. Said sale will be made, in an ''AS IS'' condition, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, pos-session or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as provided, and the unpaid principal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. If required by the provisions of section 2923.5 of the California Civil Code, the declaration from the mortgagee, beneficiary or autho-rized agent is attached to the duly recorded with the appropriate County Recorder's Office. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS If you are considering bid-ding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on a property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder's office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the lender may hold more than one mort-gage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pur-suant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 1-800-281-8219 or visit this Internet Web site www.recontrustco.com, using the file number assigned to this case NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE TS No. 12-0027109. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement informa-tion is to attend the scheduled sale. RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281 8219, Sale Information (626) 927-4399 By: -- Trust-ee's Sale Officer RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. A-FN4255031 07/06/2012, 07/13/2012, 07/20/2012

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE TS No. 12-0027257 Doc ID #0001217789892005N Title Order No. 12-0045982 Investor/Insurer No. 121778989 APN No. 7016-014-066 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 11/11/2005. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROP-ERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NA-TURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. Notice is hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by JEAN PARK, A MARRIED WOMAN AS HER SOLE AND SEPARATE PROP-ERTY, dated 11/11/2005 and recorded 11/21/2005, as Instrument No. 05 2820577, in Book , Page , of Of-ficial Records in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, State of California, will sell on 07/30/2012 at 11:00AM, By the fountain located at 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona, CA 91766 at pub-lic auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as described below, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is pur-ported to be: 16731 ERIC AVENUE, CERRITOS, CA, 90703. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The total amount of the unpaid balance with inter-est thereon of the obligation secured by the property to be sold plus reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $498,156.66. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept cashier's checks drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Finan-cial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Said sale will be made, in an ''AS IS'' condition, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, re-garding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, ad-vances thereunder, with interest as provided, and the unpaid principal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. If required by the provisions of section 2923.5 of the California Civil Code, the declaration from the mortgagee, ben-eficiary or authorized agent is attached to the Notice of Trustee's Sale duly recorded with the appropriate County Recorder's Office. NOTICE TO POTEN-TIAL BIDDERS If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on a property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder's office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the lender may hold more than one mort-gage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pur-suant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 1-800-281-8219 or visit this Internet Web site www.recontrustco.com, using the file number assigned to this case TS No. 12-0027257. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not im-mediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281 8219, Sale Information (626) 927-4399 By: Trustee's Sale Officer RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. A-4261227 07/06/2012, 07/13/2012, 07/20/2012

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE T.S No. 1336637-15 APN: 7054-013-038 TRA: 02011 LOAN NO: Xxxxx4036 REF: Qureshi, Azeem IMPORTANT NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED March 11, 2003. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLA-NATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEED-ING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On July 26, 2012, at 9:00am, Cal-Western Reconveyance Corporation, as duly appointed trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded April 08, 2003, as Inst. No. 03 0985924 in book XX, page XX of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, State of California, executed by Azeem Harris Qureshi A Married Man As His Sole & Seperate Property., will sell at public auction to highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, sav-ings association, or savings bank Doubletree hotel los angeles-norwalk, 13111 sycamore drive Vineyard Ballroom Norwalk, California, all right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County and State described as: Completely described in said deed of trust The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 19362 Christina Court Cer-ritos CA 90703 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street ad-dress and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be held, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, pos-session, condition or encumbrances, including fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust, to pay the remaining principal sums of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is: $261,620.10. If the Trustee is unable to con-vey title for any reason, the successful bidder's sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a ju-nior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encour-aged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder's office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, ben-eficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a cour-tesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (800)280-2832 or visit the internet website www.auction.com, us-ing the file number assigned to this case 1336637-15. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the sched-uled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web Site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. For sales information: (800)280-2832. Cal-Western Reconveyance Corpora-tion, 525 East Main Street, P.O. Box 22004, El Cajon, CA 92022-9004 Dated: June 22, 2012. (R-413632 07/06/12, 07/13/12, 07/20/12)

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE T.S. No CA1200049932 Loan No 0654860987 Insurer No. 1694756189 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 02/06/2004. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROP-ERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NA-TURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier's check drawn on a state or national bank check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or sav-ings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do busi-ness in this state, will be held by the duly appointed trustee. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to satisfy the obliga-tion secured by said Deed of Trust. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property address or other common designation, if any, shown herein. TRUSTOR: KAREN BELL, A SINGLE WOMAN Recorded 02/12/2004 as Instru-ment No. 04 0320725 in Book XX , page XX of Of-ficial Records in the office of the Recorder of Los An-geles County, California Date of Sale: 08/09/2012 at 09:00 A.M. Place of Sale: Doubletree Hotel Los An-geles - Vineyard Ballroom, 13111 Sycamore Drive, Norwalk, CA, 90650 Property Address is purported to be: 4129 FAIRMAN STREET LAKEWOOD, CA 90712 APN#: 7154-033-013 The total amount secured by said instrument as of the time of initial publication of this notice is $167,742.44, which includes the total amount of the unpaid balance (including accrued and unpaid interest) and reasonable estimated costs, ex-penses, and advances at the time of initial publication of this notice. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for pay-ing off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder's office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROP-ERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursu-ant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 800.280.2832 or visit this Internet Web site address www.auction.com for information regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case file number CA1200049932. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not im-mediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. Date: 07/05/2012 Executive Trustee Services, LLC dba ETS Services, LLC 2255 North Ontario Street, Suite 400 Burbank, CA 91504-3120 Sale Line: 800.280.2832 lleanna Petersen, TRUSTEE SALE OFFICER A-FN4265454 07/06/2012, 07/13/2012, 07/20/2012

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE TS No. 12-0020937 Title Order No. 12-0034450 APN No. 7168-022-021 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 03/29/2007. UN-LESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. Notice is hereby given that RECONTRUST COM-PANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by NEIL DANNER, A SINGLE MAN AND LISA MARTINEZ, A SINGLE WOMAN, AS JOINT TENANTS, dated 03/29/2007 and recorded 04/04/2007, as Instrument No. 20070797188, in Book n/a, Page n/a of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, State of California, will sell on 07/30/2012 at 01:00 PM, At the Pomona Valley Ma-sonic Temple Building, located at 395 South Thomas Street, Pomona, California at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as described be-low, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 6043 PENNSWOOD AVE, LAKEWOOD, CA 90712. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The total amount of the unpaid balance with interest thereon of the obligation secured by the property to be sold plus reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $528,853.56. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total in-debtedness due. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept cashier's checks drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Said sale will be made, in an ''AS IS'' condition, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the in-debtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as provided, and the unpaid principal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. If required by the provisions of Section 2923.5 of the California Civil Code, the declaration from the mortgagee, ben-eficiary or authorized agent is attached to the Notice of Trustee's Sale duly recorded with the appropriate County Recorder's office. NOTICE TO POTEN-TIAL BIDDERS If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on a property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investi-gate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance com-pany, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the resched-uled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 1-800-281-8219 or visit this Internet Web site www.recontrustco.com, using the file number assigned to this case 12-0020937. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not im-mediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone/Sale Information: (800) 281-8219 By: RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt col-lector attempting to collect a debt. Any informa-tion obtained will be used for that purpose. FEI # 1006.162289 07/06/2012, 07/13/2012, 07/20/2012

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE TSG No.: 4024171 TS No.: 20099077400036 FHA/VA/PMI No.: APN:7010 010 017 Property Ad¬dress: 12428 TIMBERCREEK LANE CERRITOS, CA 90703 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 02/19/08. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On July 26, 2012 at 11:00 AM, First American Trustee Servic-ing Solutions, LLC, as duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded 02/26/08, as Instrument No. 20080326449, in book , page , of Of-ficial Records in the Office of the County Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, State of California. Exe¬cuted by: CHAD HUSSAIN and MUHAM-MAD HUSSAIN,. WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUC-TION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CA-SHIER'S CHECK/CASH EQUIVA¬LENT or other form of payment authorized by 2924h(b), (Payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States) Inside the lobby of the building located at 628 North Diamond Bar Blvd., Suite B, Dia¬mond Bar, CA. All right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County and State described as: AS MORE FUL-LY DESCRIBED IN THE ABOVE MENTIONED DEED OF TRUST APN# 7010 010 017. The street address and other common designa¬tion, if any, of the real property de¬scribed above is purported to be: 12428 TIMBERCREEK LANE, CERRITOS, CA 90703. The under¬signed Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street ad-dress and other common designa¬tion, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or en¬cumbrances, to pay the remain-ing principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reason¬able estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $1,097,062.15. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the under¬signed a written Declaration of De¬fault and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the County where the real property is located. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bid¬ding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automati¬cally entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auc-tion, you are or may be re¬sponsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encour-aged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contact¬ing the county recorder's office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (916) 939 0772 or visit this Internet Web http://search.nationwideposting.com/propertySearchTerms.aspx using the file num-ber assigned to this case 20099077400036. Informa-tion about postponements that are very short in dura-tion or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not imme¬diately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postpone¬ment information is to attend the scheduled sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mort-gagee or the Mortgagee's Trustee. The beneficiary or servicing agent declares that it has obtained from the Commissioner of Corpora¬tions a final or temporary order of exemption pursuant to California Civil Code Section 2923.53 that is current and valid on the date the Notice of Sale is filed and/or The timeframe for giving Notice of Sale specified in subdivision (s) of Califor¬nia Civil Code Section 2923.52 applies and has been provided or the loan is exempt from the require¬ments. Date: 06/25/12, First Ameri¬can Ti-tle Insurance Company First American Trustee Ser-vicing Solu¬tions, LLC 3 First American Way, Santa Ana, CA 92707 Original document signed by Au-thorized Agent, Chet Sconyers -- FOR TRUSTEE'S SALE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL (916) 939-0772. First American Trustee Servicing Solutions, LLC May be Acting as a Debt Collector Attempting to Collect a Debt. Any Information obtained may be used for that purpose. NPP0203823 07/06/12, 07/13/12, 07/20/12

Trustee Sale No. 436752CA Loan No. 0707585907 Title Order No. 602133717 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 12/23/2005. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANA-TION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On 07/27/2012 at 9:00 AM, CALIFOR-NIA RECONVEYANCE COMPANY as the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded 01/04/2006, Book , Page , Instru-ment 06 0011765, of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, executed by: ALLEN J. MIN AND INSUN KIM, HUSBAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS, as Trustor, WASHIINGTON MUTUAL BANK, FA, as Beneficiary, will sell at public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier's check drawn by a state or national bank, a cashier’s check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a cashier’s check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan associa-tion, savings association, or savings bank specified in section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Sale will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pur-suant to the Deed of Trust. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. Place of Sale: Behind the fountain located in Civic Center Plaza, 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona CA Legal Description: As more fully described in said Deed of Trust Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $808,678.55 (estimated) Street address and other common designation of the real property: 19368 STEFANI AVENUE , CERRITOS, CA 90703 APN Number: 7054-014-048 The undersigned Trust-ee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The property heretofore described is being sold "as is". In compliance with California Civ-il Code 2923.5(c) the mortgagee, trustee, beneficiary, or authorized agent declares: that it has contacted the borrower(s) to assess their financial situation and to explore options to avoid foreclosure; or that it has made efforts to contact the borrower(s) to assess their financial situation and to explore options to avoid foreclosure by one of the following methods: by tele-phone; by United States mail; either 1st class or certi-fied; by overnight delivery; by personal delivery; by e-mail; by face to face meeting. DATE: 07/03/2012 CALIFORNIA RECONVEYANCE COMPANY, as Trustee CASEY KEALOAH, ASSISTANT SECRE-TARY CALIFORNIA RECONVEYANCE COM-PANY IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PUR-POSE. California Reconveyance Company 9200 Oakdale Avenue Mail Stop: CA2-4379 Chatsworth, CA 91311 800-892-6902 For Sales Information: (714) 730-2727 or www.lpsasap.com (714) 573-1965 or www.priorityposting.com NOTICE TO POTEN-TIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NO-TICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the resched-uled time and date for the sale of this property, this information can be obtained from one of the follow-ing two companies: LPS Agency Sales & Posting at (714) 730-2727, or visit the Internet Web site www.lpsasap.com (Registration required to search for sale information) or Priority Posting & Publishing at (714) 573-1965 or visit the Internet Web site www.priorityposting.com (Click on the link for “Advanced Search” to search for sale information), using the Trustee Sale No. shown above. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not im-mediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. P959534 7/6, 7/13, 07/20/2012

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE T.S. No.: 2012-CA006307 Loan No. 0019583921 Order No. 5906685 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 3/20/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER.A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or sav-ings association, or savings bank specified in §5102 to the Financial code and authorized to do business in this state. Sale will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and inter-est conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described below. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbranc-es, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonable estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. BENEFICIARY MAY ELECT TO BID LESS THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT DUE. Trustor: NELSON A TORRES AND CHERIE A TORRES, HUS-BAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS, AND OCTFCU MORTGAGE CO., LLC, as Beneficiary Duly Appointed Trustee: R.E.F.S. INC., A CALI-FORNIA CORPORATION Recorded: 3/23/2006, as Instrument No. 06 0620003, in Book n/a, Page n/a, of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California. Date of Sale: 07/27/2012 at 1:00 PM Place of Sale: At the Pomona Valley Masonic Temple Building, located at 395 South Thomas Street, Pomona, California, Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $353,274.34 Street Address or other common designation of real property: 16913 SIERRA VISTA WAY, CERRITOS, CA 90703 A.P.N.: 7012-008-043 Legal Description: as more fully described on said deed of trust. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any, shown above. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. The property herein is being sold “AS IS’. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a Written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Elec-tion to Sell to be recorded in the County where the real property is located and more than three month have elapsed since such recordation. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS If you are considering bid-ding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a ju-nior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encour-aged to investigate the existence, priority and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWN-ER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and if ap-plicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 877-484-9942 or visit this Internet Web site www.USA-Foreclosure.com, using the file number assigned to this case 2012-CA006307. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the sched-uled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. If the trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder(s) sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of mon-ies paid to the trustee and successful bidder(s) will have no further recourse. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to return of the deposit paid. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, or the Mortgagee’s Attorney. Date: 6/27/2012 R.E.F.S. Inc., A California Corporation Gabrielle Leach, Trustee Sale Officer R.E.F.S. INC. A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE FEI # 1064.00008 07/06, 07/13, 07/20/2012

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONSSTEPHANIE SHEN filed a petition with this court for a decree changing name as follows: TZUYING YANG SHEN. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter ap-pear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant a petition without a hearing. Court date 8/15/12, 8:30 am, Dept C, RM 312 by Yvonne T. Sanchez. Published at Los Cerritos Community Newspaper 6/29, 7/6, 7/13, 7/20/12.

2012134659FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENTThe following person is doing business as PALM SPRING VILLAS PARTNERSHIP 16504 LIT-TLERIVER LN CERRITOS CA 90703. The fol-lowing business is conducted as a General Partner-ship. The registrant has n/a to transact business. /S/ Charles R. SammisThe statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on 7/3/2012.NOTICE: This fictitious name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. A new fictitious statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state or common law (see section 14400et seq. Business and Profession Code), Published at LCCN on 7/6, 7/13, 7/20, 7/27/12.

2012126350FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENTThe following person is doing business as ASPIRE PARENTING, 13112 ABANA PL., CERRITOS CA 90703. The following business is conducted as An INDIVIDUAL The registrant has n/a to transact business./S/ Erica Lynette LeonardThe statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on 6/22/2012.NOTICE: This fictitious name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. A new fictitious statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state or common law (see section 14400et seq. Business and Profession Code), Published at LCCN on 7/6, 7/13, 7/20, 7/27/12.


NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE T.S. No. CA1200050042 Loan No. 7424557155 Insurer No. YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 06/24/2005. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auc-tion sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier's check drawn on a state or national bank check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by the duly ap-pointed trustee. The sale will be made; but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regard-ing title, possession, or encumbrances, to satisfy the obligation secured by said Deed of Trust. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property address or other com-mon designation, if any, shown herein. TRUSTOR: JESUS GOMEZ AND VERONICA GOMEZ, HUS-BAND AND WIFE, AS JOINT TENANTS Record-ed 07/01/2005 as Instrument No. 051555142 in Book XX, page XX of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California Date of Sale: 07/31/2012 at 11:00 A.M. Place of Sale: By the fountain located at 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona, CA 91766 Property Address is purported to be: 20115 PLAZA DE MADRID CERRITOS, CA 90703 APN#: 7055-013-040 The total amount secured by said instrument as of the time of initial publication of this notice is $635,355.84, which includes the total amount of the unpaid balance (including accrued and unpaid interest) and reasonable estimated costs, ex-penses, and advances at the time of initial publication of this notice. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for pay-ing off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder's office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROP-ERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursu-ant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 714-730-2727 or visit this Internet Web site address www.lpsasap.com for information regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case file number CA1200050042. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone infor-mation or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. Date: 06/28/2012 Executive Trustee Services, LLC dba ETS Services, LLC 2255 North Ontario Street, Suite 400 Burbank, CA 91504-3120 Sale Line: 714-730-2727 lleanna Petersen, TRUSTEE SALE OFFICER A-4260150 07/06/2012, 07/13/2012, 07/20/2012

NOTICE OF SALE OF ABANDONED PROPERTYNotice is given that pursuant to sections 21700-21713 of the Business and Professions Code, Sec-tion 2328 of the Commercial Code, Section 535 of the Penal Code, that Norwalk Self Storage at 11564 E. Firestone Blvd., Norwalk, CA 90650 will sell by competitive bidding, on or after July 26, 2012 @ 3:30 PM, property belonging to those listed below. Auction is to be held at the above address. Property to be sold as follows: household goods, furniture, personal items, clothing, elec-tronics, tools, auto parts and miscellaneous boxes, belonging to the following.

NAME UNIT #Terry Courtney A146Isabel Gallardo A165Laura Gallardo B776George Borjorquez A192Julio C Marron A280Laurie Brey B174Daniel Carrasco B189K.C. Long B199Joseph W. Morgan B293Joseph W. Morgan B464Cynthia Stewart B495Harold B. Daily III B496Steve Marlette B600Maria Bocalan B674Lauren Baumann B700Jose Rivas B707Abandoned Unit B506

Published at Los Cerritos Community News 7/6 and 7/13/12

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE TS No. 09-0006560 Title Order No. 09-8-027298 APN No. 7172-013-036 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 12/06/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROP-ERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NA-TURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. Notice is hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by GONZALO NAPOLES, A SINGLE MAN, dated 12/06/2006 and recorded 12/14/2006, as Instrument No. 06 2779057, in Book , Page , of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, State of California, will sell on 07/27/2012 at 1:00PM, At the Pomona Valley Masonic Temple Building, located at 395 South Thomas Street, Pomona, California at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as described below, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 5114 PEARCE AVENUE, LAKEWOOD, CA, 90712. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any li-ability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein.The total amount of the unpaid balance with inter-est thereon of the obligation secured by the property to be sold plus reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $620,683.00. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept cashier's checks drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Finan-cial Code and authorized to do business in this state.Said sale will be made, in an ''AS IS'' condition, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, re-garding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, ad-vances thereunder, with interest as provided, and the unpaid principal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. If required by the provisions of section 2923.5 of the California Civil Code, the declaration from the mortgagee, ben-eficiary or authorized agent is attached to the Notice of Trustee’s Sale duly recorded with the appropriate County Recorder’s Office. NOTICE TO POTEN-TIAL BIDDERS If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on a property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investi-gate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance com-pany, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the resched-uled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 1-800-281-8219 or visit this Internet Web site www.recontrustco.com, using the file number assigned to this case 09-0006560. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not im-mediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone/Sale Information: (800) 281-8219 By: Trustee's Sale Officer RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that pur-pose. FEI # 1006.48377 7/06, 7/13, 7/20/2012

CITY OF CERRITOSSTATE OF CALIFORNIA

NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FORCERRITOS ANNUAL PLUMBING MAINTENANCE

Sealed proposals will be received at the Office of the City Clerk of the City of Cerritos, First Floor, 18125 Bloomfield Avenue, Bloomfield Avenue at 183rd Street, Cerritos, California 90703 until 11:00 a.m. on July 24, 2012 for furnishing all labor, materials, and equipment for “CERRITOS ANNUAL PLUMBING MAINTENANCE.” Proposals must be made on the form provided for this purpose, addressed to the City Clerk, City of Cerritos, First Floor, 18125 Bloomfield Avenue, Bloomfield Avenue at 183rd St, Cerritos, California 90703, and shall be clearly marked “CERRITOS ANNUAL PLUMBING MAINTENANCE PROPOSAL, DO NOT OPEN.”

Proposal Documents are available at the Engineering Division of the City of Cerritos.

Proposals are required on the entire work including all appurtenances thereto as more particularly discussed in the Request for Proposal. The term of the proposed contract is one (1) year with a provision of up to four (4) one-year extensions.

No proposal will be received unless it is made on the official forms in the Contract Documents that include the Proposal Cost Schedule/Non-Collusion Affidavit. Failure to properly execute the Proposal Cost Schedule/Non-Collusion Affidavit will render the proposal non-responsive and the proposal will not be accepted.

The work or improvement to be performed consists of providing all labor, services, tools, equipment, materials, appurtenances and incidentals necessary for performing miscellaneous annual plumbing maintenance for the City of Cerritos. Typical tasks completed under past contracts include; clearing laterals and drain lines, replacing plumbing fixtures and lines, minor repairs, conducting video inspections and other similar tasks (the “Work”). Contractor shall have a minimum of five (5) years experience performing similar tasks.

The City intends to retain the services of the two lowest responsive and responsible contractors through the term of the contract to be utilized at City’s sole discretion for the performance of specific plumbing maintenance tasks as may arise. During the Term, City reserves the right to solicit cost proposals from any or all retained contractors for work tasks as they arise, and assign work to one of the retained contractors based on cost proposal received, availability of resources, experience with completing a particular type of work and other relevant factors.

The City’s final selection criteria for award of contract will be based on, but not limited to the following analysis:

• City’s evaluation of the Contractor’s Qualification Statement, Experience in a Plumbing Maintenance Service Questionnaire and proof of State Contractor’s License. • Commitment by contractor to supply necessary services and equipment to fulfill the contract specifications, experience with completing a particular type of work and other relevant factors. • Availability of resources. • The best economic value of the proposal. • Contractor’s ability to provide the required insurance certificate(s) and satisfactory references.

No proposal will be accepted from a contractor who has not been licensed in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 9, Division III of the Business and Professions Code of the State of California. The contractor must possess a license of the following classification at the time the contract is awarded: "C36". The contractor’s attention is also directed to Section 7028-15 of the Business and Professions Code.

The contractor agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the City, its officers, officials, employees and volunteers from and against any and all claims, losses, liabilities, damages, costs of expenses, of whatever character, type or description, including attorney’s fees and costs, in law or equity, arising from, by reason of or resulting from damages to property or personal injury, including death, as a result of or arising out of, in whole or part, of the performance of any and all obligations and/or work on the project by contractor, any of the contractor’s employees or agents, or any of its subcontractors. This indemnity and hold harmless shall be construed to the fullest extent allowable under the law, except that if any such liability is determined by agreement between the parties or by the findings of a court of competent jurisdiction to have been caused by the active negligence or willful misconduct of the City, the contractor shall not be required to indemnify and hold harmless the City for the percentage of liability attributable to the City’s active negligence or willful misconduct.

Before a contract is entered into with the successful contractor, the contractor shall present evidence in writing to the City of Cerritos that he or she has current public liability and property damage insurance from a responsible insurance company authorized to do business in California that is acceptable to the City of Cerritos of at least the following amounts:

Bodily injury and property damage - Combined single limits in the amount of $1,000,000.

NOTE: The insurance policy must include a special endorsement to policy that provides:

1. The City, its officers, officials, employees, agents and volunteers are included as additional insureds but only insofar as operations under the contract are concerned. 2. The insurer shall not cancel or reduce the insured's coverage without first providing (30) thirty days advance written notice to the City of Cerritos. 3. The City of Cerritos will not be responsible for premiums or assessments on the policy.

The Insurer shall furnish the City of Cerritos a certified copy of the policy within five (5) days of the City requesting a copy. The successful contractor shall maintain during the life of the contract the above specified insurance with the above-referenced special endorsement.

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 1776, et al. of the Labor Code of the State of California, the Director of Industrial Relations for the State of California has determined the general prevailing rate of wages and employer payments for health and welfare, vacations, pensions and similar purposes applicable to the work to be done. These rates shall be the minimum rates for this project. Rates are available on the Internet at http://www.dir.ca.gov.DLSR/PWD. In addition, the information can be obtained by calling the Division of Labor Statistics and Research’s Prevailing Wage Unit at (415) 703-4774, or by faxing the Prevailing Wage Unit at (415) 703-4771, or in writing to: California Department of Industrial Relations, Division of Labor Statistics and Research, Prevailing Wage Unit, P.O. Box 420603, San Francisco, CA, 94142.

Pursuant to Section 1735 of the California Labor Code, the contractor shall not discriminate in the employment of persons for the work as described in these Contract Documents because of race, religious creed, color, nation of origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, marital status, or sex of such persons. If the contractor is found to be in violation of this Section on this work, the contractor shall be subject to all penalties imposed in Part 7, Chapter 1 of the California Labor Code.

The successful contractor will be required to comply with all requirements of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 ("Act"). The successful contractor agrees to defend, indemnify and hold the City of Cerritos harmless from any penalties imposed as a result of non-compliance with the Act.

By submitting a proposal, the contractor offers and agrees that if the proposal is accepted, it will assign to the City of Cerritos all rights, titles, and interest in and to all causes of action it may have under §4 of the Clayton Act (15 U.S.C. §15) or under the Cartwright Act (Chapter 2 commencing with §16700) of Part 2 of Division 7 of the Business and Professions Code, arising from purchases of goods, materials or services by the contractor for sale to the City of Cerritos pursuant to the proposal. Such assignment shall be made and become effective at the time the City of Cerritos tenders final payment to the contractor.

The City of Cerritos reserves the right to reject any and all proposals, or portions of any and all proposals, or waive any informality or irregularity in a proposal to the extent allowed by law.

Proposals are required for the entire work described herein.

By order of the City of Cerritos.

Dated/Posted/Published: July 13, 2012

Published at Los Cerritos Community Newspaper 7/13/12

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONSBIJAN KUMAR CHAKRAVARTY filed a peti-tion with this court for a decree changing name as follows: BIJAN KUMAR CHAKRABARTI that all persons interested in this matter ap-pear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant a petition without a hearing. Court date 9/6/12, 8:30 am, Dept C, RM 312 by Yvonne T. San-chez. Published at Los Cerritos Community Newspaper 7/13, 7/20, 7/27, 8/3/12.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF BULK SALE AND OF INTENTION TO TRANSFER AL-COHOLIC BEVERAGE LICENSE(S)(UCC Sec. 6101 et seq. and B & P Sec. 24073 et seq.)Escrow No. 26956-PCNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a bulk sale of assets and a transfer of alcoholic beverage license(s) is about to be made. The name(s) and business address of the seller(s)/licensee(s) are: G&M OIL CO., LLC, A CALIFORNIA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, 16868 A STREET, HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA 92647Doing business as: G&M OIL CO 56All other business names(s) and address(es) used by the seller(s)/licensee(s) within the past three years, as stated by the seller(s)/licensee(s), is/are: NONEThe name(s) and address of the buyer(s)/applicant(s) is/are: NIKRAD ENTERPRISES INC, A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION, 8453 S. VERMONT AVE, LOS ANGELES, CA 90044The assets being sold are generally described as: GOODWILL, FURNITURE, FIXTURES, EQUIPMENT, MERCHANDISE INVEN-TORY and are located at: 9409 ALONDRA BLVD, BELLFLOWER, CA 90706The type and number of license to be trans-ferred is/are: Type: OFF-SALE BEER AND WINE, License Number: 20-384403 now is-sued for the premises located at: SAMEThe bulk sale and transfer of alcoholic beverage license(s) is/are intended to be consummated at the office of: CITYWIDE ESCROW SERVIC-ES INC, 12501 SEAL BEACH BLVD, STE 130, SEAL BEACH, CA 90740 and the anticipated sale date is AUGUST 8, 2012The bulk sale is subject to California Uniform Commercial Code Section 6106.2.The purchase price or consideration in connec-tion with the sale of the business and transfer of the license, is the sum of $270,000.00, in-cluding inventory estimated at: $20,000.00 which consists of the following. DESCRIP-TION, AMOUNT: CASH THROUGH ES-CROW $270,000.00, ALLOCATION TOTAL $270,000.00It has been agreed between the seller(s)/licensee(s) and the intended buyer(s)/transferee(s), as required by Sec. 24073 of the Business and Professions code, that the consid-eration for transfer of the business and license is to be paid only after the transfer has been ap-proved by the Department of Alcoholic Bever-age Control.G&M OIL CO., LLC, Seller(s)/Licensee(s)NIKRAD ENTERPRISES INC, Buyer(s)/Applicant(s)LA1205561 LOS CERRITOS COMMUNITY NEWS 7/13/12

NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF BULK SALE(UCC Sec. 6105)Escrow No. 2248-LTNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a bulk sale is about to be made. The name(s) and business address(es) of the seller(s) is/are: WONDEE SIAM INC, A CALIFORNIA CORPORA-TION, 18858 NORWALK BLVD, ARTESIA, CA 90701Doing business as: BOBA STOPAll other business name(s) and address(es) used by the seller(s) within the past three years, as stated by the seller(s), is/are: NONEThe location in California of the Chief Execu-tive Office of the seller is: 11547 E. 206TH ST, LAKEWOOD, CA 90715The name(s) and business address of the buyer(s) is/are: FOOD 2 FIT LLC, A CALI-FORNIA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, 407 W. 230TH ST, CARSON, CA 90745The assets being sold are generally described as: FURNITURE, FIXTURES EQUIPMENT, MACHINERY AND GOOD WILL and is lo-cated at: 18858 NORWALK BLVD, ARTESIA, CA 90701The bulk sale is intended to be consummated at the office of: GOLD POINT ESCROW, INC, 1901 E. LAMBERT RD, SUITE 203-T, LA HABRA, CA 90631 and the anticipated sale date is JULY 31, 2012The bulk sale is subject to California Uniform Commercial Code Section 6106.2.The name and address of the person with whom claims may be filed is: GOLD POINT ES-CROW, INC, 1901 E. LAMBERT RD, SUITE 203-T, LA HABRA, CA 90631 and the last day for filing claims by any creditor shall be JULY 30, 2012, which is the business day before the anticipated sale date specified above.Dated: 7/5/12FOOD 2 FIT LLC, Buyer(s)LA1204909 LOS CERRITOS COMMUNITY NEWS 7/13/12

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE Trustee Sale No. 09-509742 INC Title Order No. 100045850-CA-DCI APN 7034-010-005 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 09/28/06. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROP-ERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On 08/02/12 at 11:00 am, Aztec Foreclosure Corporation as the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to the power of sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust Record-ed on 10/12/06 in instrument No. 06 2266032 of official records in the Office of the Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, California, executed by: Linda Durias, A Married Woman, as Trus-tor, in favor of U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, for MARM 2006-OA2, as Benefi-ciary, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH (payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States, by cash, a cashier's check drawn by a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank speci-fied in section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state), By the fountain located at 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona, CA 91766, all right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County, California described as: 17703 HARVEST AV-ENUE, CERRITOS, CA 90703 The property heretofore described is being sold "as is". The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and oth-er common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, if any, un-der the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust, to-wit: $825,648.98 (Estimated) Accrued interest and additional advances, if any, will increase this figure prior to sale. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Dec-laration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located and more than three months have elapsed since such recordation. Requirements of SB1137 have been met pursuant to the Notice of Sale Decla-ration of record. DATE: 7-6-12 Elaine Malone Assistant Secretary & Assistant Vice President Aztec Foreclosure Corporation c/o 4665 Mac-Arthur Court, Suite 250 Newport Beach, CA 92660 Phone: (866) 260-9285 or (602) 222-5711 Fax: (847)627-8803 www.aztectrustee.com NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks in-volved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to inves-tigate the existence, priority, and size of out-standing liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder's office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the prop-erty. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Sec-tion 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call Call 714-730-2727 http://www.lpsasap.com Or Aztec Foreclosure Corporation (866)260-9285 www.aztectrustee.com or visit the Internet Web site, using the file number assigned to this case 09-509742. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be re-flected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify post-ponement information is to attend the sched-uled sale. A-4270840 07/13/2012, 07/20/2012, 07/27/2012

NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF BULK SALE AND OF INTENTION TO TRANSFER ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE LICENSE(S)(UCC Sec. 6101 et seq. and B & P Sec. 24073 et seq.)Escrow No. 13457-EYNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a bulk sale of as-sets and a transfer of alcoholic beverage license(s) is about to be made. The name(s) and business address of the seller(s)/licensee(s) are: ALL AMERICAN BANCARD INC, 9410 SOMERSET BLVD, BELL-FLOWER, CA 90706Doing business as: EL TORO RANCH MARKETAll other business names(s) and address(es) used by the seller(s)/licensee(s) within the past three years, as stated by the seller(s)/licensee(s), is/are: NONEThe name(s) and address of the buyer(s)/applicant(s) is/are: RT & MR CORP, 9410 SOMERSET BLVD, BELLFLOWER, CA 90706The assets being sold are generally described as: FURNITURE, FIXTURES, EQUIPMENT, MA-CHINERY, GOODWILL, TRADE NAME, LEASE, LEASEHOLD IMPROVEMENT, COVENANT NOT TO COMPETE AND ABC OFF-SALE BEER AND WINE, LICENSE #20-474349 and are located at: 9410 SOMERSET BLVD, BELLFLOWER, CA 90706The type and number of license to be transferred is/are: Type: OFF-SALE BEER AND WINE, License Number: 20-474349 now issued for the premises lo-cated at: SAMEThe bulk sale and transfer of alcoholic beverage license(s) is/are intended to be consummated at the office of: AMERICAN CLASSIC ESCROW, 13215 SOUTH ST, CERRITOS, CA 90703 and the antici-pated sale date is AUGUST 6, 2012The purchase price or consideration in connection with the sale of the business and transfer of the li-cense, is the sum of $457,500.00, including inven-tory estimated at $60,000.00, which consists of the following: DESCRIPTION, AMOUNT: CASH $397,500.00, PROMISSORY NOTE $60,000.00, TO-TAL $457,500.00It has been agreed between the seller(s)/licensee(s) and the intended buyer(s)/transferee(s), as required by Sec. 24073 of the Business and Professions code, that the consideration for transfer of the business and license is to be paid only after the transfer has been approved by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control.ALL AMERICAN BANCARD INC, Seller(s)/Licensee(s)RT & MR CORP, , Buyer(s)/Applicant(s)LA1204852 LOS CERRITOS COMMUNITY NEWS 7/13/12

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